The Q at Parkside

(for those for whom the Parkside Q is their hometrain)

News and Nonsense from the Brooklyn neighborhood of Lefferts and environs, or more specifically a neighborhood once known as Melrose Park. Sometimes called Lefferts Gardens. Or Prospect-Lefferts Gardens. Or PLG. Or North Flatbush. Or Caledonia (west of Ocean). Or West Pigtown. Across From Park Slope. Under Crown Heights. Near Drummer's Grove. The Side of the Park With the McDonalds. Jackie Robinson Town. Home of Lefferts Manor. West Wingate. Near Kings County Hospital. Or if you're coming from the airport in taxi, maybe just Flatbush is best.

8 comments:

Great place to take a seat and scratch off some lottery tickets at 6 am in the morning on a weekday since the weather is getting nicer. A perfect respite from those jerks with jobs that come in and crowd the bodega up & have the audacity to properly wait in line to purchase newspapers & coffee not lottery tickets.

I was happy to see the benches when I got out of the subway. I was less happy when I went back out to Pioneer and saw one of the usual types that hang out all day around Parkside practically lying down across the benches, so no one else could take a seat if they wanted to (they wouldn't have wanted to). And then even less happy when I came out of Pioneer and saw the same man, still lying across the benches, but now relieving himself, hanging out in all his glory. I have no desire to sit on the bench after seeing that.

You're right; I wasn't planning on spending "a lot" of time on those benches, but am I not allowed to feel unhappy that those beautiful benches were instead being used as a bed/urinal by someone who had zero appreciation for them? I don't know what's worse - people lying semi-supine on a bench meant for sitting and pissing with genitalia hanging out, or not having benches and having them at least piss in public standing up.

Kim, I think I saw the same guy on Saturday afternoon. He was obviously very drunk and pissing himself while sitting on the bench closest to the subway station. His fly was open and his hand was down his pants. There were several small children, mine included, witnessing the whole thing. Please call the 71st Precinct if you see any more behavior like this. Detective Martinos 718-735-0511 or Sargent Kelley 718-221-3204 (911 is appropriate as well). Though, I think what's more unsettling than his display is the defense of the actions of a few scumbags ruining it for the rest of the neighborhood.